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The Big Booth

The BBC Radio Comedy Collection

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The Big Booth

By: Boothby Graffoe
Narrated by: Boothby Graffoe
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Award-winning stand-up Boothby Graffoe presents his individual brand of comedy in BBC radio’s The Big Booth and Boothby Graffoe In No Particular Order

The only British comedian named after a Lincolnshire market town, Boothby Graffoe has won a cult following (and a Time Out Comedy Award) for his surreal stand-up routines and cerebral comic songs. This collection contains his two critically-acclaimed BBC Radio 4 comedy series, crammed with great gags, marvellous monologues, straw polls, sketches and ditties.

In The Big Booth, Boothby and guitarist Antonio Forcione are joined by special guests including Kevin Eldon, Richard Thompson, Robyn Hitchcock and Mariella Frostrup for twelve episodes of guitar-flavoured songs and observational comedy, including a special show recorded at the Edinburgh Festival. Prepare to climb into his soup time machine, stay the night in his haunted Scottish castle, meet a man with a replacement tongue, and hear scary tales of the railway and dramas at sea…

Boothby Graffoe In No Particular Order features more magnificent meanderings and comic improvisations from Boothby’s convoluted brain. The odd and the even odder get an outing as he looks at some things about families that make him laugh, and hosts a not-to-be-missed version of the Round Britain Quiz. With him on stage are Stephen Frost and Antonio Forcione, and guests include Art Malik, Paul Zerdin and Debra Stephenson.

Track listing:
1-6: The Big Booth Series 1
7-12: The Big Booth Series 2
13-18: Boothby Graffoe in No Particular Order Series 1
19-24: Boothby Graffoe in No Particular Order Series 2
25-30: Boothby Graffoe in No Particular Order Series 3

Cast and credits

The Big Booth
Written by Boothby Graffoe and Dave Thompson
Produced by Lucy Armitage and Julia McKenzie (Series 2, Episodes 1 & 2)
With Simon Evans, Vivienne Soan, Big Al, Antonio Forcione, Stephen Frost, Glenn Tilbrook, Kevin Eldon, John Otway, Ned Sherrin, Richard Thompson, Alan Mouat, Robyn Hitchcock, Jim Sweeney, Neil Innes and Mariella Frostrup

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 1 January-5 February 2000 (The Big Booth), 25 January-1 March 2001 (The Big Booth Too)

Boothby Graffoe In No Particular Order
Written by Boothby Graffoe, with additional material by Martin Soam, Jim Miller, Dave Thompson, and Martin Coyote
Produced by Jane Berthoud
With Antonio Forcione, Art Malik, Stephen Frost, Richard Holgarth, Giorgio Serci, Paul Zerdin, Jerome J Wright, Debra Stephenson, Nick Pynn, Tom Arnold, Rory Cameron, Stephen Wrigley and Thesius Gerrard

©2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2020 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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"A musical comedy act who is more musical than most musicians, and funnier than most comedians." (Stewart Lee)

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superb shows!

this is,a great performance! brilliant team - they were on Radio 4 originally. superb improv, funny ans musically superb! includes the great Stephen Frost!

you wont regret ot

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Funny with great songs

Boothby Graffoe’s radio shows are good, with a strong supporting cast. The songs he sings (one per episode) are hilarious and definitely the highlight

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